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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. This is how motion detectors work. Normally, motion detectors have an IR emitter that acts as a particle, but when someone walks by, the IR emitter works as a wave, triggering the motion detector.

Notably, this doesn't work with dogs, as they have no souls.

[–] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Notably, this doesn't work with dogs, as they have no souls.

Which kind of motion detectors? The ones I know work on everything that's moving, including my cats (don't have dogs) or even just throwing something past it

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, you might have one of the newer ones that use interferometry to detect soulless entities.